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Kastom or Komuniti: a Study of Social Process and Change among the Wam People, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.(Book Review)

Publication: Oceania
Publication Date: 01-MAR-03
Format: Online - approximately 673 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
By Nigel A. Stephenson Basel: Wepf & Co. 2001. Pp. vi + 460 + 27 photos Price: CHF 80pb

In a region along the southern slopes of the Torricelli and Prince Alexander mountains of New Guinea, horticultural peoples such as the Abelam, Urat, Kwanga, Ilahita and Bumbita Arapesh constituted be...

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...what could termed the yarn culture complex. These peoples considered the yam (Dioscorea alata) to be much more than food. The planting, cultivation. display and exchange of long yams provided a cultural focus through which many ritual activities were enacted. Together with the tambaran, a secret male cult, yams were...

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